Non-refillable bottle and stopper.



V H. 'R. TURNER. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE AND STOPPER.

Arrmouloir FILED 12.25, 1911. 1,033,639. Patented July 23, 1912.

Inventor h ib UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE,

HARRY ROSS TURNER, F PHILADELPHIA TO ALBERT A. ROTTNER, OF

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD oN-RErILLABLE BOTTLE ANpsrorrm-t.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY Ross TURNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at 5410 Irving street, in the city of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle andStopper, of which the following is a specification.

provision of a non-refillable bottleofvthis,

character Which will be of extremelyxsiiruiole and inexpensiveconstruction, and which will be efficient and practical in itsoperation.

My invention broadly stated resides in the provision of a non-refillablebottle having a hollow grooved valve or stopper adapted to slide or movein a cylindrical sleeve or casmg havmgoutlet ports or passages therem,

said plug or stopper acting as a valve for.

the exclusion of a filling liquid.

My invention further resides in the provision of a device ofthecharacter described comprising novel features of construction andcombination of parts for service substantially as disclosed herein, andin the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a practical embodimentof my invention.

Figure l represents a vertical sectional view of the neck and portion of.a bottle equipped with my improvements. Fig. 2 represents a similarview with the bottle reversed and showing the position the valve or plugassumes when the liquid is being poured therefrom. Fig. 3 represents adetail view of the valve. Fig. 4 represents a sectional detail view ofthe stopper and cylindrical sleeve or casing, showing the detachable topthereabove, and Fig. 5 repre-. sents a top plan view of the stopper andcylindrical casing and top attached.

In the drawings in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in the several views, the letter A designatesahollow aluminum valve, having a bottom B of cork or other -material andspiral grooves or channels 0 p'assiLg around its outer periphery topermit the escape of air when the bottle is in a vertical position.

Specification of Letters Patent. I" Pai j e fited luly 23, 1912,Application filed April 25, 1911. i

Serial No. 623,269.

The letter D designates a stopper or plug,- made of glass or porcelain,of gradually-. tapering shape LL, and adapted to fit snugly in the neckof the bottle, and is provided with a detachable top E, mvertica 69,.passage F, and a flaring opening orinletr port The stopper D is providedwith the four channels or ducts H through which the contents of thebottle pass when inverted, and the valve A, owing to its buoyancy, isadapted to be movedby the weight of the contents of the bottle wheninverted and' slide in said passage F, as shown in Fig; 2.

The detachable top E is provided with the outlet port J and thedepending key or lug K, slidable in the key-way K.

The operation of my invention is as follovtzii: The bottle is firstfilled with the desired, fluid, the tapering stopper inserted in theneck thereof, and the top E placed thereon. Upon the inversion of thebottle the valve A is. actuated by the weighto'f the filling liquid andslides along the vertical passage F until it abuts against the lug K.The liquid enters through opening G, passes along the cylinder orpassage F, thence through passages H on either side thereof, and finallythrough the outlet opening J.

It will be noted that when an attempt is made to introduce a liquid ofan inferior grade into the bottle the valve A will effectually close'theport G at the bottom of the stopper, and that the channels O thereinwill tend to permit the escape of air when the bottle is in an uprightposition and prevent the entrance of a filling liquid.

It will be seen that I have provideda device of this character whichwill resist all eiforts to introduce filling liquids, and yet willpermit the ready removal of the contents of the bottle; which will bedurable and simple in construction, inexpensive of production andeflicient and practical in its :operation.

One of the'most important features .of my invention resides in the factthat my improvement is capable of employment in connection with bottlesfor spirituous liquors of the ordinary construction in general use, asthe device fits the neck of the ordinary bottle and forms a perfectnon-filling means andrequires no change in the construction of thebottle. In devices patented, of the, general character of my invention,it has been found necessary to use only a bottle with a spiral form ofnecessary to provide a new and special construction of bottle, entailina great expense and destroying the use ulness a d desirability of theimprovement. Wit my device, no special form of bottle is re uired and nochange-in construction of the ottle is necessary, as the device fits theordinary form of bottle in general use and thus insures aconnnercialarticle which is at once useful, desirable and practical.

x central I claim:

1." In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with a stopper providedwith a keyway, a plurality? of channels and a vertical passage arrangedparallel with said channels, of a detachable top mounted upon saidstopper, a depending key formed upon neck, which 'makes it .the top,adapted to normally seat in said key way in the stopper, and a hollowvalve having a huoyant closure at its lower end ,and a series of spiralgrooves arranged around its outer periphery and slidable in v of spiralgrooves arranged around its outer eri her p y H. ROSS TURNER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT A. IRO'I'INER, C. D. Ro'rrnnn, A. D. CAsE.

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